TY - JOUR
KW - World Health Organization
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Male
KW - Linear Models
KW - Humans
KW - Female
KW - Evaluation Studies as Topic
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Brazil
AU - Fleck M P
AU - Louzada S
AU - Xavier M
AU - Chachamovich E
AU - Vieira G
AU - Santos L
AU - Pinzon V
AB - <p><strong>INTRODUCTION: </strong>The need of short instruments to evaluate Quality of life determines World Health Organization Quality of Life Group (WHOQOL Group) to develop an abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-100, the WHOQOL-bref. The objective is to present the Brazilian field trial of the WHOQOL-bref.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>WHOQOL-bref is composed by 26 questions divided in four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. The evaliation instrument, BDI (beck depression inventory) and BHS (beck hopelessness scale) were used in a 300 subjects sample in Porto Alegre, South Brazil.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: </strong>The instrument showed a good performance concerning internal consistency, discriminant validity, criterion validity, concurrent validity and test-retest reliability. The intrument allies good psychometric performance and practicity for use which puts it as an interesting option to evaluate quality of life in Brazil.</p>

BT - Revista de saúde pública
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10881154?dopt=Abstract</p>

IS - 2
J2 - Rev Saude Publica
LA - por
N2 - <p><strong>INTRODUCTION: </strong>The need of short instruments to evaluate Quality of life determines World Health Organization Quality of Life Group (WHOQOL Group) to develop an abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-100, the WHOQOL-bref. The objective is to present the Brazilian field trial of the WHOQOL-bref.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>WHOQOL-bref is composed by 26 questions divided in four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. The evaliation instrument, BDI (beck depression inventory) and BHS (beck hopelessness scale) were used in a 300 subjects sample in Porto Alegre, South Brazil.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: </strong>The instrument showed a good performance concerning internal consistency, discriminant validity, criterion validity, concurrent validity and test-retest reliability. The intrument allies good psychometric performance and practicity for use which puts it as an interesting option to evaluate quality of life in Brazil.</p>

PY - 2000
SP - 178
EP - 83
T2 - Revista de saúde pública
TI - [Application of the Portuguese version of the abbreviated instrument of quality life WHOQOL-bref].
TT - Aplicação da versão em português do instrumento abreviado de avaliação da qualidade de vida "WHOQOL-bref"
UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsp/v34n2/1954.pdf
VL - 34
SN - 0034-8910
ER -